1st International Design Conference

22 September 2017, Friday

ABOUT

THE CONFERENCE

The International Design Conference is an annual immersive event in commemoration of Design Consciousness Week from 16 to 22 September of every year. For its maiden edition, the one-day thought leadership conference put spotlight on the intersection of business and design with the slogan “We Design.”

A platform for the world’s top designers, business leaders, and rising stars in the business and creative sectors, the conference features keynotes, panel discussions, and lightning talks to discuss human-centered strategies, the challenges faced in nurturing and championing a design-driven culture, and how to imbed human-centered design in an organization. Speakers will share their knowledge for new possibilities and experiences to improve the efficiencies of human activity and to create a better world.

The conference is open to business communities, creative and academic professionals, policymakers, and local government officials from all over the country to strengthen appreciation for good design, to inspire the Philippine design industry, and to examine what design means and its competitive advantage in the world today.

Johan Persson

Gerson Abesamis

Gerson Abesamis

Gerson is an educator and designer who works at the intersections of creativity, media & technology, learning, and teacher development. He leads Habi Education Lab's initiatives in learning experience design as the Co-founder and ...

Merlee Cruz-Jayme

Merlee Cruz-Jayme

Dindo Marzan

Dindo Marzan

Dindo Marzan is the Managing Director of Hatch, the Digital Transformation (DX) group of Voyager Innovations, Inc. (Voyager) that works with companies and organizations to enable excellent digital customer engagement...

Sam Alapan

Sam Alapan

Sam Alapan. Art Director, Copywriter and an indispensable creative has a penchant for challenging
the ordinary. In the last two decades, Sam found himself understanding the business of Graphic
Design...

Eden Dayrit

Eden Dayrit

Eden Dayrit is a chemical engineer by profession who worked for semiconductor companies for 3 years. She was poised to finish her master's degree in Electronics Engineering under the Department of Science and...